Learn how Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) 4.0 changes everything you thought you knew about workflow. Also, learn why using string primary keys is a bad idea; find out where to get a data grid for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF); overcome the annoying issue of files not loading at runtime; and copy files into the executable directory.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 01/01/2009
Can you name one thing Microsoft designed right the first time?
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 12/08/2008
LINQ to SQL continues to be a top contender in the .NET object/relational mapping tool market despite Microsoft's promotion of the Entity Framework as one of the "Pillars of SQL Server 2008: Dynamic Development."
- By Roger Jennings
- 12/01/2008
VB and C# share many similarities, but also have a handful of significant differences; learn what you need to know to program effectively in VB as a C# programmer.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 12/01/2008
Developers of VB and C# can learn a lot from the similarities -- and differences -- between the two.
- By Patrick Meader
- 12/01/2008
Chances are C# is not your first programming language. Here are several tips that can help you leverage C# better if you already know VB.NET.
How do you track down what's really going on inside your compiled EXEs?
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 11/17/2008
Learn how LINQ, extension methods, and lambda functions can help you add a bit of distinction, simplicity, and robustness to your code.
- By Bill McCarthy
- 11/01/2008
Take control of casting exceptions, determine whether parent records have children in LINQ to SQL, and resolve cref references in XML comments.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 11/01/2008
Web App Installer centralized management of ASP.NET and PHP-based open source Web apps.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/16/2008
Silverlight 2, the latest version of
Microsoft's cross-platform browser plug-in for multimedia
applications, will be available on Oct. 14, company officials
announced on Monday.
Hard-coded messages don't scale well, and .NET's inherent error messages are user-unfriendly. Learn how to create a more scalable and user-friendly data-driven messaging system.
- By Paul D. Sheriff
- 10/01/2008
Visual Studio Team System's Code Metrics feature isn't perfect, but if you understand what it's measuring and how, you can use it to gain insight into your apps' overall complexity and to spot potential problem areas.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 10/01/2008
Despite speculation that Microsoft might make an announcement around its Silverlight runtime environment at Zend/PHP Conference and Expo, the company's profile was lower than past events.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/19/2008
Austria-based testing-tools vendor Ranorex GmbH has released an automated application-testing solution targeting Windows, .NET and Web development.
- By Michael Desmond
- 09/16/2008
Learn how to exclude attributes from the code that Entity Framework generates for you automatically.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 09/01/2008
Learn to access enterprise data stored in Oracle database servers by calling PL/SQL stored procedures from ADO.NET client applications and discover implementation strategies for dealing with common business scenarios.
- By John Charles Olamendy Turruellas
- 09/01/2008
Microsoft released to manufacturing its widely touted first service pack (SP) of Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/11/2008
This month readers weigh in on Mort and switching to C#.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 08/01/2008
Customize your application startup screen and add log-in functionality; learn how to view derived types in your projects; check for improper GUIDs; and drill down on extension methods.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 08/01/2008